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EQUIPMENT
The equipment needed are suture or staple removal kits
which include:
• Gloves
• Suture removal tray or sterilized pick-up forceps and
suture scissors.
• Sterile staple or clip extractor
• Alcohol or antimicrobial sponges
• Impervious trash bag
• Dressing and tape
• Butterfly strips
• Skin protectant: optional
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PROCEDURE PREPARATION
Always check plan of care for physician’s orders on removal
of sutures/staples and post removal care.
*KEEP IN MIND
The surgeon performing the surgery may not be the same
physician who closes the wound, and therefore is unaware
of the materials being used to close the surgical incision, i.e.
dissolvable sutures.
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